Nursery Nurse

Job overview

We are recruiting for a full time Nursery Nurse.

As a Nursery Nurse in Children's Services, you will be joining a diverse and stimulating area. Our work is wide ranging and we are well respected both locally and as a regional specialist treatment centre. We provide excellent care across medical and surgical specialties. Our ethos of child centred care and multi-professional collaboration drives our service, alongside a commitment to family focused teamwork.

You will be a Level 3 qualified early year’s Practitioner with significant post qualification experience and be able to organise, supervise and support children to access play activities, individually and in groups, according to their individual needs and as part of their overall care plan. You will also be required to make up milk feeds as needed.

Strong communication skills are essential as establishing effective verbal and written communication with the children and families and all members of the multidisciplinary team is pivotal to the overall care of children.

If you are passionate about play, are able to build good relationships with children, young people, families and the people you work with then we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To maintain a safe, child-focused environment where play occurs naturally.

To provide play for normalisation for children attending hospital as inpatients or outpatients.

To document play interventions.

To use knowledge of child development when selecting play activities.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 12000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Ward C2 is a regional Paediatric Haematology / Oncology Ward that cares for children aged 0-16.

The Play Team on Ward C2 provide developmental play and activity opportunities to children and young people throughout their stay, responding to children’s individual needs and supporting children and families to cope with their hospital experiences. For long term patients, a key role for the play team is to support global development through play, activities and events.

You will join a well-established and valued Play Team, working across Children’s Services. We are a proactive team, determined to provide quality intervention and find the best solutions for patients, families and those we work alongside.

The Play Team work together to maintain and develop a range of projects to enhance the service across Children’s Services as well as within their own areas; sharing ideas and resources to deliver positive experiences for children, young people and families.

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

The advert will close at midnight on 31 March 2024.

Interviews are due to be held on 18 and/or 19 April 2024.

Benefits to you

We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.